Colby Parkinson tied a school record with four touchdown catches, all in the first half and all from quarterback K.J. Costello, and the Cardinal downed visiting Oregon State, 48-17, in a Pac-12 Conference contest Saturday. [Read More]

WORCESTER — Salt & Pepper, a breakfast and brunch restaurant, is a family-owned and operated business that opened in 2013.The owners' story is all about family.George Christofilopoulos said after more than 15 years of success as an R&D electrical and electronic engineer, he and his sister-in-law Marina Kakouros, a successful "Italian restaurant owner," were ready for a change. "So we both decided with our families, my wife, Katerina Kakouros... [Read More]

The FBI has released new pictures of a North Carolina teenager who was abducted outside her home, and it is urging people to take a close look at surveillance video it says shows a suspect. [Read More]

When a room full of veterans says the Pledge of Allegiance, the words take on a deeper meaning.More than 50 brave Americans and their families joined in reciting the pledge Sunday, Nov. 11, at Burlington's Country Inn & Suites before the start of the hotel's seventh annual Veterans Day Give Back Dinner.For one night, the hotel provides a free meal, dancing, gift bags full of goodies donated by the business community, and free lodging — all 75 rooms — in an effort... [Read More]

First it was a second-place replacement for his own grand military parade. Then it was a stately gesture to illustrate an alliance he's done little to cultivate. After a midterm election drubbing, it was an opportunity to retreat and regroup. [Read More]

A thin razor found in a piece of candy on Halloween appears to have been inserted by one or more people and wasn't put into the candy at a factory as originally reported, Sherman police said.A news release from the Sherman Police Department late Saturday said police have identified "two people of interest" in connection with the Oct. 31 incident in this village eight miles north of Springfield.The news release said police will ask the Sangamon County... [Read More]

Van Dyke Fernald liked flying – 'skylarking', as he called it, was 'glorious', the 'star stunt' of the war. There were breathtaking views of the Alps and of the Adriatic and Dalmatian coastlines; the gloom he'd felt on the Western Front seemed magically to lift. A pilot from his squadron described Venice 'glittering like a pink opal in the warm early sunlight'. A classical education led these young men to frame their experiences metaphysically; leaving the earth felt like separating body and soul. 'We moved like spirits in an airy loom,' Cecil Lewis recalled. [Read More]